We have already reported the nucleotide sequences of the NP, P/V, M, F and HN genes of human parainfluenza virus type 4A (hPIV-4A) and type 4B (hPIV-4B). Here, we have determined the sequences of the L protein genes as well as the gene start, intergenic and end sequences, thereby completing the full-length genome sequence of hPIV-4A and 4B. hPIV-4A and 4B have 17,052 and 17,304 nucleotides, respectively. The end sequence of hPIV-4, especially 4B, was extraordinarily long. In a comparison with members of the genus Rubulavirus, the hPIV-4 L proteins were closely related to those of mumps virus (MUV) and hPIV-2, less closely related to those of Menangle virus and Tioman virus, and more distantly related to those of Mapuera virus and porcine rubulavirus.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) oophoritis is an extremely rare and fatal condition. We encountered a 63-year-old woman with CMV oophoritis who had been treated for Burkitt's lymphoma. Positron emission tomography/ computed tomography performed after chemotherapy showed a high 18 F-fluoro-2deoxy-D-glucose uptake in both ovaries, which required distinguishing relapse. CMV oophoritis was diagnosed on histology following bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Although the patient later developed recurrent episodes of CMV antigenemia, after which complications of CMV retinitis appeared, and she ultimately died of CMV meningitis, surgical resection with antiviral medication resolved her abdominal symptoms and cleared CMV antigenemia for several weeks. It is therefore worth considering surgical resection in combination with antiviral drugs as a treatment option.

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